About Us

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Our Company

Sikubora Limited is a Tanzanian-based, customer-centered, solar-focused energy company. We are committed to a larger renewable footprint and more efficient energy production and consumption. We are striving to lift the off-grid population out of energy poverty while solving the issues with current access to electricity. Our approach is to offer an extensive array of solutions, often customized to our customers’ unique needs, through our expertise in sourcing quality material, designing tailored projects and implementing complex systems. To get a better understanding of our operations please refer to the Custom Power Solutions section.

Our Company

Sikubora Limited is a Tanzanian-based, customer-centered, solar-focused energy company. We are committed to a larger renewable footprint and more efficient energy production and consumption. We are striving to lift the off-grid population out of energy poverty while solving the issues with current access to electricity. Our approach is to offer an extensive array of solutions, often customized to our customers’ unique needs, through our expertise in sourcing quality material, designing tailored projects and implementing complex systems. To get a better understanding of our operations please refer to the Custom Power Solutions section.

Core Values

Teamwork

Our commitment to quality implies offering products of outstanding quality, as well as professional and expert services.We value teamwork and the perspective of each employee is precious in all of our decision-making processes.

That need for constructive feedback and collaboration is extended to our customers, as we work with them to customize solutions for their very unique needs

Integrity

Sikubora’s reputation is everything, it starts with our commitment to deliver with the highest level of professionalism and with each employee’s personal standards of integrity.

Quality

Our commitment to quality implies offering products of outstanding quality, as well as professional and expert services.

Customer Commitment

We are always striving to make a positive difference in our customers’ (and their customers) lives.

As our range of power solutions is very diverse, we believe we can always add value to our customers.

Sikubora is consistently delivering support to its customers, even long after a sale.

Jeff Hollister

After spending 25 years in a corporate job, Jeff felt compelled to do something more significant. He worked at an Arusha based NGO before starting an off grid solar company to provide power solutions for Tanzanian families beyond the power grid. Today the company’s expanded focus is on renewable power solutions for schools, clinics, lodges and farmers. One of his primary goals in life is to leave a legacy company to it’s loyal employees to provide a livelihood for their families for years to come.

Bornlucky Mmari

Bornlucky has been a pillar of Sikubora since he started in 2015. He is currently our Director of Operations, he oversees sales, installations, services, and customer relationships. “Bornie”, as we call him, has almost a decade of experience in designing custom power systems. His smile is legendary.

Alex Loth

Alex received a Bachelor of Commerce in Banking and Financial Services from the University of Dar Es Salaam. He is Sikubora’s Finance Director. Apart from his business expertise, his greatest quality is that he looks after the company’s finances like if it were his own.

Abdul Mgana

Abdul played a critical part in Sikubora’s business development handling operations, legal, and human resources simultaneously. He is our go-to person if you don’t know who to ask.

Esther Wanjiku

With almost a decade in the energy sector and many projects across East Africa, Esther brings invaluable operational and strategic experience to Sikubora. She is in charge of identifying promising business opportunities and building long-term relationships with clients. Esther is a sustainable source of energy herself, powered by her passion to bring reliable power to off-grid regions.

Victoria Latonga

Victoria graduated from St. Augustine University with an Accountancy Diploma. She is part of the Finance Department with Alex.

Sporah Kaaya

Sporah is the first person you will meet if you visit our offices in Kisongo. She acts as company receptionist and addresses any inquiries from visitors and on the phone. Sporah contributes greatly to the general organization of the company, and most importantly, to the happiness of everyone in the office.

Joseph Jackson

Joseph joined Sikubora in 2015 after graduating in Electrical Engineering at Arusha Technical College. His extensive knowledge of electrical systems and of custom solar solutions makes him a senior engineer within the company. Joseph is driven and always motivated in pushing the company forward.

Iddy Salum

Iddy joined Sikubora after graduating from Arusha Technical College. He is highly skilled in electrical engineering and in solving whatever problems arises. Occasionally, Iddy is Sikubora’s football team captain.

Linus Gosbert

Linus graduated from Arusha Technical College and is now a full-time field engineer. He is certainly the one with the biggest arms at Sikubora. Once he installed a power logger while carrying two solar panels and Saidi on his shoulders.

Saidi Samzigwa

Saidi joined the team after graduating from Arusha Technical college. He is both a technician and a sales engineer, like most of his direct colleagues. The legend says he could sell a lightbulb to a firefly.

Cosmas Mashauri

Cosmas Mashauri is a graduate from Arusha Technical College in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. He began at Sikubora with the implementation of Smart Boards for Solar Home Systems. Cosmas contributes significantly to Sikubora’s business development, being knowledgeable both in Engineering and Information Technology.

Sikubora Partnerships

Northeastern University

Sikubora has a unique relationship with this American university. The interns hired from Northeastern University are undergraduates with varying majors. They add to the Sikubora team by contributing their specific engineering and business skills to the workplace, and bring fresh ideas and a new outlook to the company.

Arusha Technical College

Sikubora takes interns from the Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Diploma programs and trains them in in the role of Power Engineers. Graduates of the programs now make up over 50% of Sikubora’s full-time staff. Sikubora works with ATC professors as well, such as Edwin Mwakatage, the head of their renewables department, who sits on Sikubora’s board and continues to offer his expert opinion as we develop and grow.

Amotech

Sikubora has developed a relationship with Amotech, a leading provider of measuring instruments and energy services in East Africa. Amotech contributes to Sikubora’s expertise in electrical and lighting analysis while giving us access to the latest electrical testing equipment. This knowledge helps Sikubora to determine the ideal custom power solutions for all of our customers.